On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 02:41:34PM +0300, Denis V. Lunev wrote: > The pid of the locking daemon can be substituted with a task struct > without a problem. Namely, the value if filled in the context of the lockd > thread and used in lockd_up/lockd_down. > > It is possible to save task struct instead and use it to kill the process. > The safety of this operation is guaranteed by the RCU, i.e. task can't > disappear without passing a quiscent state.
We have a patch series pending on the nfs list that does this plus a lot more in the area. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
